Convert Kanal to Acre
1 kanal = 0.125 acre (ac). For example, 10 kanal = 1.25 acre and 100 kanal = 12.5 acre. Type any value below to convert kanal to acre both ways — it runs entirely in your browser.
Quick answer: Kanal to Acre
1 Kanal = 0.125 Acre (kanal → ac). To convert kanal to acre, multiply by 0.125. To convert acre to kanal, multiply by 8. The converter at the top does this instantly and both ways; the sections below give the formula, worked examples, a full conversion chart and answers to the most common kanal-to-acre questions.
How to convert Kanal to Acre
To convert kanal to acre, multiply the number of kanal by the conversion factor 0.125, because 1 kanal = 0.125 ac. The conversion is linear, so the same factor works for any value — whole numbers, decimals or fractions. For the reverse direction, 1 ac = 8 kanal, so you divide by 0.125 (or multiply by 8) to turn acre back into kanal.
ac = kanal × 0.125 ·
kanal = ac × 8
- Write down the value you want to convert, in kanal.
- Multiply it by 0.125.
- The result is the same area/length/quantity expressed in acre.
Kanal to Acre — worked examples
Each row shows the exact arithmetic so you can follow the conversion step by step. For example, 5 kanal is 0.625 acre because 5 kanal × 0.125 = 0.625 ac.
| Kanal | Calculation | Acre |
|---|---|---|
| 1 kanal | 1 kanal × 0.125 = 0.125 ac | 0.125 ac |
| 2 kanal | 2 kanal × 0.125 = 0.25 ac | 0.25 ac |
| 3 kanal | 3 kanal × 0.125 = 0.375 ac | 0.375 ac |
| 5 kanal | 5 kanal × 0.125 = 0.625 ac | 0.625 ac |
| 7 kanal | 7 kanal × 0.125 = 0.875 ac | 0.875 ac |
| 10 kanal | 10 kanal × 0.125 = 1.25 ac | 1.25 ac |
| 12 kanal | 12 kanal × 0.125 = 1.5 ac | 1.5 ac |
| 15 kanal | 15 kanal × 0.125 = 1.875 ac | 1.875 ac |
| 20 kanal | 20 kanal × 0.125 = 2.5 ac | 2.5 ac |
| 25 kanal | 25 kanal × 0.125 = 3.125 ac | 3.125 ac |
| 50 kanal | 50 kanal × 0.125 = 6.25 ac | 6.25 ac |
| 100 kanal | 100 kanal × 0.125 = 12.5 ac | 12.5 ac |
Common Kanal to Acre conversions
These are the kanal-to-acre values people look up most often. Every figure is computed from the exact factor, so you can rely on them for quick reference:
- 1 kanal = 0.125 acre
- 2 kanal = 0.25 acre
- 2.5 kanal = 0.3125 acre
- 3 kanal = 0.375 acre
- 4 kanal = 0.5 acre
- 5 kanal = 0.625 acre
- 6 kanal = 0.75 acre
- 7 kanal = 0.875 acre
- 8 kanal = 1 acre
- 9 kanal = 1.125 acre
- 10 kanal = 1.25 acre
- 12 kanal = 1.5 acre
- 15 kanal = 1.875 acre
- 20 kanal = 2.5 acre
- 25 kanal = 3.125 acre
- 30 kanal = 3.75 acre
- 50 kanal = 6.25 acre
- 75 kanal = 9.375 acre
- 100 kanal = 12.5 acre
- 200 kanal = 25 acre
- 500 kanal = 62.5 acre
- 1000 kanal = 125 acre
Kanal to Acre conversion chart (both directions)
The chart below converts kanal to acre and acre to kanal side by side, so it works whichever way you need. 1 kanal = 0.125 acre, and 1 acre = 8 kanal.
| Kanal → Acre | Acre → Kanal |
|---|---|
| 0.25 kanal = 0.03125 ac | 0.25 ac = 2 kanal |
| 0.5 kanal = 0.0625 ac | 0.5 ac = 4 kanal |
| 1 kanal = 0.125 ac | 1 ac = 8 kanal |
| 2 kanal = 0.25 ac | 2 ac = 16 kanal |
| 3 kanal = 0.375 ac | 3 ac = 24 kanal |
| 4 kanal = 0.5 ac | 4 ac = 32 kanal |
| 5 kanal = 0.625 ac | 5 ac = 40 kanal |
| 6 kanal = 0.75 ac | 6 ac = 48 kanal |
| 7 kanal = 0.875 ac | 7 ac = 56 kanal |
| 8 kanal = 1 ac | 8 ac = 64 kanal |
| 9 kanal = 1.125 ac | 9 ac = 72 kanal |
| 10 kanal = 1.25 ac | 10 ac = 80 kanal |
| 12 kanal = 1.5 ac | 12 ac = 96 kanal |
| 15 kanal = 1.875 ac | 15 ac = 120 kanal |
| 20 kanal = 2.5 ac | 20 ac = 160 kanal |
| 25 kanal = 3.125 ac | 25 ac = 200 kanal |
| 30 kanal = 3.75 ac | 30 ac = 240 kanal |
| 40 kanal = 5 ac | 40 ac = 320 kanal |
| 50 kanal = 6.25 ac | 50 ac = 400 kanal |
| 75 kanal = 9.375 ac | 75 ac = 600 kanal |
| 100 kanal = 12.5 ac | 100 ac = 800 kanal |
| 150 kanal = 18.75 ac | 150 ac = 1,200 kanal |
| 200 kanal = 25 ac | 200 ac = 1,600 kanal |
| 250 kanal = 31.25 ac | 250 ac = 2,000 kanal |
| 500 kanal = 62.5 ac | 500 ac = 4,000 kanal |
| 1000 kanal = 125 ac | 1000 ac = 8,000 kanal |
Kanal vs Acre: which is bigger?
A acre is the larger unit: one acre equals 8 kanals. Put another way, you need 8 kanals to make a single acre.
What is a Kanal? History, origin and usage
The kanal is a land unit of the northern subcontinent that, like the marla, was given a fixed value under British administration. It was tied to the acre as exactly one-eighth of it, equal to 20 marla or 605 square yards.
It remains a standard residential and agricultural unit in Pakistan and in northern India, particularly Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. In Pakistani cities a 'one-kanal house' is a recognised premium plot size.
Eight kanal make one acre, so a kanal is one-eighth of an acre. It nests neatly with the marla above it (20 marla) and the killa or acre below it (8 kanal).
What is a Acre? History, origin and usage
Ac is simply the abbreviation for the acre, one of the oldest English land measures, whose name comes through Norman French from a root meaning 'cultivated field'. It was historically the area a team of eight oxen could plough in a day, fixed as one chain by one furlong.
The acre remains a statutory unit in the United States and across the Commonwealth, and is a main unit for Indian agricultural land alongside the bigha and hectare. It is used for farms, estates and large plots worldwide.
One acre is 4,840 square yards or 43,560 square feet, about 0.405 hectare, and roughly nine-tenths the size of an American football field. It equals 8 kanal or 160 marla in the Punjab system.
Convert 1 Kanal to other units
It can help to see a kanal next to the other units it is commonly compared with. One kanal (kanal) is equal to:
| 1 Kanal equals | Unit |
|---|---|
| 605 gaj | Gaj |
| 20 marla | Marla |
| 0.125 killa | Killa |
| 0.005 murabba | Murabba |
| 12.5 decimal | Decimal |
| 12.5 cent | Cent |
| 5 guntha | Guntha |
| 0.125 ac | Acre |
| 0.05058571 ha | Hectare |
| 5,445 ft² | Square Foot |
| 605 yd² | Square Yard |
| 505.8571 m² | Square Metre |
| 5,058,571 cm² | Square Centimetre |
| 505,857,100 mm² | Square Millimetre |
| 784,080 in² | Square Inch |
| 0.0005058571 km² | Square Kilometre |
| 5.058571 are | Are |
| 0.5058571 daa | Decare |
| 0.0001953125 mi² | Square Mile |
| 0.125 ac | Acre |
| 605 yd² | Square Yard |
| 5,445 ft² | Square Foot |
| 0.05058571 ha | Hectare |
| 180 karam² | Square Karam |
| 2.26875 ground | Ground |
| 37.8125 lessa | Lessa |
| 121 chatak | Chatak |
| 0.09453125 pura | Pura |
Convert 1 Acre to other units
One acre (ac) is equal to:
| 1 Acre equals | Unit |
|---|---|
| 4,840 gaj | Gaj |
| 160 marla | Marla |
| 8 kanal | Kanal |
| 1 killa | Killa |
| 0.04 murabba | Murabba |
| 100 decimal | Decimal |
| 100 cent | Cent |
| 40 guntha | Guntha |
| 1 ac | Acre |
| 0.4046856 ha | Hectare |
| 43,560 ft² | Square Foot |
| 4,840 yd² | Square Yard |
| 4,046.856 m² | Square Metre |
| 40,468,560 cm² | Square Centimetre |
| 4,046,856,000 mm² | Square Millimetre |
| 6,272,640 in² | Square Inch |
| 0.004046856 km² | Square Kilometre |
| 40.46856 are | Are |
| 4.046856 daa | Decare |
| 0.0015625 mi² | Square Mile |
| 4,840 yd² | Square Yard |
| 43,560 ft² | Square Foot |
| 0.4046856 ha | Hectare |
| 1,440 karam² | Square Karam |
| 18.15 ground | Ground |
| 302.5 lessa | Lessa |
| 968 chatak | Chatak |
| 0.75625 pura | Pura |
Tips for converting Kanal to Acre
- To go from kanal to acre, multiply by 0.125; to go back, divide by 0.125 (or multiply by 8).
- For a quick mental estimate, remember that 1 kanal ≈ 0.125 acre, so 10 kanal ≈ 1.25 acre.
- The converter above keeps full precision; the tables round for readability, so use the tool for exact figures.
- Both fields update live as you type — change either side to convert in that direction.
How to use this Kanal to Acre converter
Type a number into the Kanal field and the equivalent in Acre appears instantly — there is no “convert” button to press and nothing is sent to a server, so it works offline once the page has loaded and is safe for any data. You can also type into the Acre field to convert the other way (acre to kanal). Use the swap control to flip the two units, and copy the result with a single click. Because the calculation runs in your browser with full floating-point precision, the converter is more exact than the rounded figures shown in the reference chart above — use the chart for quick look-ups and the tool for precise work.
Accuracy and method
Every figure on this page — the formula, the worked examples, the conversion chart and the “convert to other units” tables — is computed from a single verified conversion factor (1 kanal = 0.125 ac), never copied from a hand-typed lookup table that could drift. That factor is derived from each unit’s definition in terms of a common base unit, and an automated check re-verifies all of the site’s factors on every update, so the numbers here stay correct over time. This matters for kanal-to-acre conversions because a small rounding error in a published table compounds quickly at larger quantities; computing from the exact factor avoids that.
Sources
- Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development (India) — the central department responsible for land records and the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme, under which the state portals are maintained.
- Bihar Bhumi — Revenue & Land Reforms Department, Bihar — the official Bihar land-record portal; the authority for the katha, dhur and dhurki values used in Bihar revenue records.
- UP Bhulekh — Uttar Pradesh land records — the official Uttar Pradesh record-of-rights portal, used to corroborate bigha and biswa values for UP.
- NIST Special Publication 811 — Guide for the Use of the SI — publishes the exact metric equivalents of the customary units. The inch, foot, yard and mile are defined exactly in metres by the 1959 international yard-and-pound agreement, so every imperial figure on this page is exact, not rounded.
- BIPM — The International System of Units (SI Brochure) — the defining document for the SI, published by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. It fixes the base unit that this conversion resolves to, which is why the factor here can be exact rather than approximate.
Indian land units can vary by state and local custom. This converter uses the most widely accepted standard value; always confirm against your local revenue records (patwari / tehsil) for legal transactions.
Frequently asked questions
- How many acre are in 1 kanal?
- 1 kanal = 0.125 acre (ac). To convert any number of kanal to acre, multiply by 0.125.
- How do I convert kanal to acre?
- Multiply the number of kanal by 0.125. For example, 10 kanal = 10 × 0.125 = 1.25 acre, and 25 kanal = 3.125 acre.
- How many kanal are in 1 acre?
- 1 acre = 8 kanal. So to convert acre back to kanal, multiply by 8.
- What is the formula to convert kanal to acre?
- acre = kanal × 0.125. The reverse formula is kanal = acre × 8.
- How much is 100 kanal in acre?
- 100 kanal = 12.5 acre. (And 1000 kanal = 125 acre.)
- Which is bigger, a kanal or a acre?
- A acre is larger: 1 acre = 8 kanal.
- Is this kanal to acre converter accurate?
- Yes — every value is computed from the exact 0.125 ac per kanal factor (not rounded look-up tables), and the factors are re-verified automatically on every update.
- Can I convert acre to kanal too?
- Yes. The converter works both ways — enter a value in either field. 1 acre = 8 kanal.